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Lecture Diary Dates Jan 23   Feb 27   Mar 26   Apr 23   May 28   Jun 25   Sep 24   Oct 22   Nov 26   Dec 10    (click on images below to zoom)

January 23
Ancient China’s Terracotta Army

Lecture by
Dr. Ann Birchall
Wikipedia
British Museum
Archaeology
Daily Mail The curse!
Unesco World Heritage  (interactive satellite)   
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February 27
The Beginning of the New Art of Photography

Lecture by
Richard Morris
Development of Photography
Photo History
Photographic History of American Civil War

Photo History Timeline
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March 26
The English Parish Church: A Social and Architectural History

Lecture by Andrew Davies
Britain Express Parish Churches
English Parish Churches
Ecclesiological Society
Reading suggestion - England's Thousand Best Churches (Paperback)
by Simon Jenkins (Author), Paul Barker (Photographer)

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April 23
Tomb of Tutankhamun (Tutankhamun Exhibition in London Nov 07 – Aug 08)
Lecture by Clive Barham-Carter
Wikipedia
Powerup

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May 28
19th Century English Domestic Silver

Lecture by
Ian Pickford
Goldsmiths Hall
The Royal Collection
The Salters Company
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June 25
Music and Manners
Lecture by Jeanne and Marguerite Dolmetsch
Dolmetsch

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September 24
Sir Edwin Lutyens: From Everyday Surrey to Empire’s Renaissance
Lecture by
Clyde Binfield
Lutyens Trust

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October 22
The Scottish Colourists: Style and Sophistication from the Jazz Age
Lecture by Vivien Hefferman
Wikipedia Scottish Colourists
National Galleries of Scotland
Fleming Collection
Art from Scotland
Tate.org.uk
24 Hour Museum
ArtCyclopedia - Search by Artist

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November 26
Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the HMS Beagle
Lecture by James Taylor
Darwin-Online

About Darwin
Wikipedia Charles Darwin

Darwin Project
Wikipedia Conrad Martens
D Space.cam.ac.ukWikipedia Augustus Earle
Wikipedia Joseph Dalton Hooker
J D Hooker
BBC Darwin
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December 10
The Christmas Story at the National Gallery
Lecture by Caroline MacDonald-Haig
National Gallery
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Events

Event Diary Dates:
April 27 May 3rd & May 17th October 5th

Visits
Sunday April 27th

HAROLD FALKNER AND FARNHAM
Sam Osmond (writer of book on Harold Falkner and member of Cobbett’s Wey).  Walking tour of Dippenhall and Farnham. 

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Saturday May 3rd 9:30 am & Saturday May 17th 2:00 pm

TALK AND DEMONSTRATION ON THE TOOLS, SKILLS AND METHODS OF THE SILVERSMITH
John Gilbert (amateur silversmith and member of Cobbett’s Wey).  

Sunday October 5th

GOODWOOD HOUSE & SHELL HOUSE & VISIT to Cass Sculpture Foundation PM!  
 

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